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Throwback Thursday – Ceeps
Throwback Thursday – Ceeps This weeks throwback post on our social media channels is ” Throwback Thursday – Ceeps “ This picture is from September 1990. What are your memories of Downtown London? Do you have any pictures we can sh...
Are “Move-over buyers” driving real estate price increases in new markets?
Are “Move-over buyers” driving real estate price increases in new markets ? Ontario In London we have noticed a lot of buyers from the GTA investing in our city. Either buying investment properties or moving here for work. These buyers ...
Reaction to Ontario’s “Fair Housing Plan”
Reaction to Ontario’s Fair Housing Plan Ontario recently announced its “Fair Housing Plan”. This plan is meant to help cool the housing market. It includes potential curbs on vacant properties and a foreign buyers’ tax. Industry orga...
Hot Market + Bidding Wars + Buyers Remorse = Potential Nightmare
Hot Market + Bidding Wars + Buyers Remorse = Potential Nightmare! Recently a home in my own neighbourhood sold for almost $80,000 over the asking price. Welcome to the neighbourhood. You currently own the most expensive home in my area. Start...
Ontario Announces 16 Measures To “Cool” Housing Market
Ontario Announces 16 Measures To “Cool” Housing Market 15-per-cent foreign buyer tax, expanding rent control, allowing Toronto to tax vacant homes, and using surplus lands for affordable housing. These are just some of the measures annou...
Province by Province Real Estate Trends
Province by Province Real Estate Trends The Canadian Real Estate Association(CREA) recently released its latest housing market report. A nation wide snap shot of what is going on in the real estate market. Here is a breakdown of national re...
Just Released: Q1 2017 Royal LePage House Price Survey
Just Released: Q1 2017 Royal LePage House Price Survey The full Royal LePage House Price Survey for quarter one 2017 is out. Below are some of the key highlights from the house price survey. Canada’s residential real estate market ...